disjunctĭo or dījunctio, ōnis, f. [disiungo], a separation (a Ciceron. word).
I In gen.: in tanta disjunctione meorum, tanta acerbitate, Cic. Sest. 21, 47; cf. (amicorum), with alienatio, id. Lael. 21: animorum disjunctio dissensionem facit, i. e. the diversity, difference , id. Agr. 2, 6, 14; cf. sententiae, id. Prov. Cons. 17, 40.—
II In partic.
A In philos. lang., an opposition of two propositions disjunctively connected in a syllogism, Cic. N. D. 1, 25, 70; id. Top. 14, 56; id. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 30, 97; id. Fat. 16, 37; cf. disjunctus.—
B In rhet., a fig. of speech.
1 Corresp. to the Gr. διεζευγμένον, Cic. de Or. 3, 54, 207 (quoted in Quint. 9, 1, 35); Auct. Her. 4, 27; Gell. 2, 7 fin. —
2 Corresp. to the Gr. συνωνυμία, i. e. the use of different words or phrases having the same import , Quint. 9, 3, 45.